Speaking to IGN, Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo’s Entertainment Planning and Development Division general manager, explained why DLC has been a good fit for Switch, which is embracing the digital future.

“I think that titles that you download when you purchase have a very good compatibility with the idea of additional content,” Takahashi told IGN. “I believe the Nintendo Switch, compared to most of our recent hardware, makes some of the best use of the ability to download titles in their entirety, since it's a console that you can also carry as a portable.”

“We certainly like to think about which software titles would have a great value for additional content to be added,” he continued.

Beyond DLC, Takahashi also sees the possibility for expanding the Switch itself. Seeing so many fan-made customization options for Joy-Cons, he says Nintendo could also consider new Joy-Con designs and perhaps even new types of attachments in the future.

“One of the great strengths of the Nintendo Switch is that though you can play it as a console, you can also separate these two controllers from the hardware. This gives us a lot of possibilities that we could consider for the future in terms of what you could attach,” Takahashi said. “I think that that would be a really good time for us to think about some very different colors or designs applied to [Joy-Cons]. That might be interesting.”

Still, even if Nintendo doesn’t make the design you’ve been waiting for, Takahashi is glad to see fans embracing customization for Switch. “There's a lot of joy to be
had from handmaking something yourself or having all of those customizable possibilities, and we absolutely embrace that. We love to see that,” he said.